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pascrell had a very excellent presentation at a question on what the states, how the sake of being limited and why we have to do with that you. one of the sad part is we have had testimony of this panel and the panel that lets of those questions can never be answered again. it is one of the reasons why we do have panels today, and all the testimonies given, all the questions are answered. we have some unique situations that are happening right now. this is not our committee. >> i'm not sure if we can and i think is to be another vote. my guess was that those members left to go vote, and what i can do is ask that those members be brought back up. gentlemen, what we're going to do to avoid our having a problem with this in the future is we're going to take a recess, about everybody to go vote on the subsequent two votes, and then will bring people back. there's mr. pascrell. i'm so glad you came back. we'd like to have you available for questions, if we could. the were going to go ahead. today is a very unusual -- this afternoon is very unusual, so if you don't mind, if you would come back a
pascrell had a very excellent presentation at a question on what the states, how the sake of being limited and why we have to do with that you. one of the sad part is we have had testimony of this panel and the panel that lets of those questions can never be answered again. it is one of the reasons why we do have panels today, and all the testimonies given, all the questions are answered. we have some unique situations that are happening right now. this is not our committee. >> i'm not...
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it's really excellent timing, and i think that we may have to go over the cliff, you know? if it's forced into it. but this, you know, this idea that you, that you bring down the cost of medicare by making it unavailable to more people -- [laughter] is a terrible idea of mr. boehner's. and the idea of -- i would be terribly upset, along with many of my friends, if obama compromised too much on what needs to happen that's called the fiscal cliff. please, carry on. [laughter] >> do you think that a prominent third party would help our country? >> i certainly felt strongly about that when i supported john anderson in '79. and he was, a large part of anderson's campaign was to sue state, the state ballot procedure into allowing third parties to have more access to the electoral process. um, i would like to see a third party available. but that, too, seems like a really tall order. yeah. >> what do you think is the appropriate role for actors, musicians and other celebrities to play in the political arena? >> you know, i think if you are a really motivated, committed citizen who
it's really excellent timing, and i think that we may have to go over the cliff, you know? if it's forced into it. but this, you know, this idea that you, that you bring down the cost of medicare by making it unavailable to more people -- [laughter] is a terrible idea of mr. boehner's. and the idea of -- i would be terribly upset, along with many of my friends, if obama compromised too much on what needs to happen that's called the fiscal cliff. please, carry on. [laughter] >> do you...
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i thought that was an excellent point, and you said it ought to be done through regular order. how do you see that proceeding? >> i see that proceeding by the president submitting a budget. i see that proceeding by the budget committees passing budget resolutions. i see that by a conference agreement between the house and senate on a budget resolution. i see that by including a reconciliation instruction to achieve the savings over the time period. and i see that working through the -- >> i've been in congress 14 years, we have not completed that once since i have been here in full, complete order. that's why i think it's incumbent upon our committee, and i know the great integrity that our chairman and members of this committee have. i think that we can achieve those goals, and i know my time is up. >> thank you, thank you very much. mr. pall soften's recognized -- paulson's recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for the witnesses being here. it's clear to me that there is broad, bipartisan consensus that our country is on an unsustainable fiscal pa
i thought that was an excellent point, and you said it ought to be done through regular order. how do you see that proceeding? >> i see that proceeding by the president submitting a budget. i see that proceeding by the budget committees passing budget resolutions. i see that by a conference agreement between the house and senate on a budget resolution. i see that by including a reconciliation instruction to achieve the savings over the time period. and i see that working through the --...
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our goal is to help each school excel so every child in the state, every child has access to a great education. now, as a parent, that's really a moral imperative. and as your governor, it's also an economic imperative. if we want to help employers grow here in wisconsin, we must show them there is a steady supply of graduates with the skills needed to fill the jobs not only of today, but of to have been. [applause] before but of tomorrow. prison -- >> we worked hard over the past year to improve education, particularly in reading. funds in my last budget provided reading screeners to assess kids as they come into kindergarten. now, this is tremendously important as research shows kids learn to read through third grade and then read to learn for the rest of their lives. we also put in place a series of other important reforms to improve our early childhood and elementary school reading skills. one of the other great ways to help improve skills is by increasing the number of people who read to our kids. last year i challenged all of us to mentor a child as a realizing buddy. now, i kn
our goal is to help each school excel so every child in the state, every child has access to a great education. now, as a parent, that's really a moral imperative. and as your governor, it's also an economic imperative. if we want to help employers grow here in wisconsin, we must show them there is a steady supply of graduates with the skills needed to fill the jobs not only of today, but of to have been. [applause] before but of tomorrow. prison -- >> we worked hard over the past year to...
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have until 1:00 which is the time it starts, so let's start with one more round of applause to our excellent speaker today, beth. [applause] thank you. >> thank you, john. >> and will someone take the first step? [laughter] well, if not, i will ask the first question, and then i expect others to come up and follow. i have an easy question. what was it like to be on the jon stewart show? [laughter] what kind of preparation did you do mentally before you took that first step? thank you. >> well, you know, it's funny because, um, my -- the publicist at my publisher's landed this gig, and i didn't know it until one evening when i got back to my house in virginia having been up here in washington picking up my son who's a college student at american university, bringing him back home for the christmas holidays. and when i got back, there were six telephone messages, 20 e-mails, where are you? you've been booked on thestewart show, we want to make your travel arrangements. and, you know, naturally, my son being 21 is a prime jon stewart fan, and i sat him down, and i said, i know you are not going
have until 1:00 which is the time it starts, so let's start with one more round of applause to our excellent speaker today, beth. [applause] thank you. >> thank you, john. >> and will someone take the first step? [laughter] well, if not, i will ask the first question, and then i expect others to come up and follow. i have an easy question. what was it like to be on the jon stewart show? [laughter] what kind of preparation did you do mentally before you took that first step? thank...
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we have an excellent video. it's now on the list for best picture. [laughter] but i would hope if you just give us a few minutes of your time to see this wonderful and remarkable video, that we have made in honor of a phenomenal woman, our chairwoman, debbie wasserman schultz. dim the lights and grab a hanky while we watch this video. [laughter] >> it's coming, ladies and gentlemen,. >> debbie wasserman schultz to be the next chair of the democratic national committee. >> we are seeing a woman had the democratic national committee during a presidential year. speech he is a rising star. a great fundraiser. >> this is my first time to have the privilege of being in iowa covering the first time at the state fair. >> the chairwoman of the democratic national committee. >> i'm thrilled to be here in toledo. >> it's great to be here in wind more. >> and outstanding congresswoman and the chair of the democratic national committee, debbie wasserman schultz. we love her. >> the 46 meeting of the democratic national committee will now come to order. >> like ev
we have an excellent video. it's now on the list for best picture. [laughter] but i would hope if you just give us a few minutes of your time to see this wonderful and remarkable video, that we have made in honor of a phenomenal woman, our chairwoman, debbie wasserman schultz. dim the lights and grab a hanky while we watch this video. [laughter] >> it's coming, ladies and gentlemen,. >> debbie wasserman schultz to be the next chair of the democratic national committee. >> we...
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i thought that the examples in the beginning from popular magazines was an excellent example of pride going wild. namely, on what we already have accomplished, limitations. all you have to do is think particularly hard about like professor firesign is doing, about the enormous amount of ignorance about the very complex system we live in. and when you start thinking that way that i think the whole thing might begin to separate. predictions which we heard up her first, but i think our gracious predictions, remains -- namely, the reports. image and 70 and said they are all on the then one of the senior reporters spoke right here from that stage a year ago. he said quite the opposite. they have published updates every year. this year they are no longer doing it. every 10 years, i'm sorry. every 10 years an update. this year one of the early members who, now one of the, only one active anymore, whose name i don't remember, published a book about what the next 50 years of the earth might look like, from humanity. and to me that is a really serious question because it's about sustainable dev
i thought that the examples in the beginning from popular magazines was an excellent example of pride going wild. namely, on what we already have accomplished, limitations. all you have to do is think particularly hard about like professor firesign is doing, about the enormous amount of ignorance about the very complex system we live in. and when you start thinking that way that i think the whole thing might begin to separate. predictions which we heard up her first, but i think our gracious...
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this is really an excellent piece of work. but my comments and questions given my title probably will not surprise you. dow boys reck -- du bois recognized the importance of the media in establishing crisis, dr. king recognized the importance of media in urging dr. parker to go and investigate televisions in the south. the kerner commission recognized the importance of media in talking -- media's one of the reasons for the riots in the '60s. media sort of talked around in this report, i didn't want see a -- i didn't see a report about our very segregated media here in the united states, and i was wondering if you could commitment about that and, again, speaking to dr. anderson's notion about structural problems, we may have some structural problems related to mealed ya and how it -- media and how it relates to race and how race is related and the problems with reason and research and resonance in relationship to media as well. thank you. >> gail, do you want to speak to that one? >> i can only say we're a short amount of time
this is really an excellent piece of work. but my comments and questions given my title probably will not surprise you. dow boys reck -- du bois recognized the importance of the media in establishing crisis, dr. king recognized the importance of media in urging dr. parker to go and investigate televisions in the south. the kerner commission recognized the importance of media in talking -- media's one of the reasons for the riots in the '60s. media sort of talked around in this report, i didn't...
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we have an excellent commentor on the boat and on "ron paul's revolution." i published evidence at the cato institute blog to my native state of kentucky is the least libertarian state in the country. so imagine my surprise when the grand paul emerged from an ophthalmology at this in littletown of bowling green to defeat first the secretary of state and then the attorney general and win a seat in the united states senate. both his republican and democratic opponents ran pretty negative campaigns against him, accusing him and all manner of extreme libertarian views. some accusations were actually true. >> i never admitted to any of that. [laughter] >> voters wanted a change in washington and they elected him by a comfortable margin. he was perhaps the most authentic tea party winner of 2010, which is why he then read a book called the tea party goes to washington. since he got to washington, he is t-tango that the tsa, proposed a budget that balanced, drawn rave reviews for its efforts to rein in the pastry attacked and then denounced as a libertarian extremi
we have an excellent commentor on the boat and on "ron paul's revolution." i published evidence at the cato institute blog to my native state of kentucky is the least libertarian state in the country. so imagine my surprise when the grand paul emerged from an ophthalmology at this in littletown of bowling green to defeat first the secretary of state and then the attorney general and win a seat in the united states senate. both his republican and democratic opponents ran pretty...
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. >> excellent. >> in chicago. [inaudible] i immediately wanted to join the league. is there interest it because i'm coming from eastern europe and in the years when they didn't have the qualities, but now we do. i was very interested in that organization is so weak. and my point to your is that in the last 10 years, there is no progress because the baby boomers, the fighters, the activists after a certain age, rh lost ground. all these changes and that's my issue. i look at campuses. i even gave to choosing the president. there's no act to this in the campuses and that the problem of these countries. so my question to you as you are a professor and an act to this, but what is concrete terms to stir up. maybe things will change, -- >> thank you very much. that's a very good week of. [inaudible] >> hi, i'm briand. i am an undergrad in my senior year at princeton and had the opportunity to intern, so it's very cool. >> that's how the new generation is being built. >> i wanted to bring up an organization that i thought was pertinent to both talking about the crisis in s
. >> excellent. >> in chicago. [inaudible] i immediately wanted to join the league. is there interest it because i'm coming from eastern europe and in the years when they didn't have the qualities, but now we do. i was very interested in that organization is so weak. and my point to your is that in the last 10 years, there is no progress because the baby boomers, the fighters, the activists after a certain age, rh lost ground. all these changes and that's my issue. i look at...